This week’s Currently Reading story is And Tango Makes Three written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, and illustrated by Henry Cole. It is a sweet, true story about two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo who became a couple and were given a unique chance. While the other penguin couples made their nests and laid eggs, Roy and Silo made a nest but were unable to lay an egg. When another penguin couple laid two eggs, the zoo gave the extra egg to Roy and Silo to hatch.
Activity:
Make your own penguin family!
You will need:
- Black construction paper
- White construction paper
- Cream construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue
Step One:
Fold a white paper in half and trace two ovals, one larger than the other, and cut it out.
Step Two:
Unfold the cut-out and retrace it on another white paper to get rid of the crease.
Step Three:
Using the white cut-out as a template, trace on black paper the same shape as the white paper, but a few inches away. On the lower sides, cut out slanted triangles for the penguin’s flippers.
Step Four:
For the feet, cut out umbrella shapes for the feet and a small triangle for the nose. Glue together, then draw on the eyes. If you would like to add an egg to the penguin family, I used the same paper as I had for the feet and nose, and simply cut out a circular shape.
